Drombeg Stone Circle

The stone circle Drombeg (also called " The Druid 's Altar "), and is a stone circle of the Cork - Kerry series. It is located in the townland Drombeg (Irish At Drom Beag ) 2.4 km east of Glandore in the Civil parish Kilfaughnabeg ( Cill Fachna Bheag ), barony of Carbery East ( Cairbrigh Thoir ) in County Cork in Ireland. Drombeg is now one of the most visited sites of megalithic culture in Ireland and one of the best preserved stone circles in County Cork. The site is freely accessible and provided with information panels.

The stone circle with a diameter of more than nine meters consists of 17 close-set stones, one of which is flat ( recumbent stone). He is sometimes referred to as the " offering table ".

Investigations of Boyle Somerville in 1923 showed that the extension of the axis between the two portal stones as designated, almost two -meter-high menhirs has over the recumbent stone in the north- east on a nearby hill to the southwest. This line informs the system in the direction of the winter solstice.

The plant has been scientifically excavated and restored between 1957 and 1958 by EM Fahy. During this work, a pot were with a thick cloth wrapped burnt bones of a teenager found approximately in the center of the circle. The radiocarbon dating revealed that he lived at the beginning of the first millennium BC.

About 40 meters west of the circles are the remains of two persons related to walls round huts, which were probably used in the 5th century AD. The larger had a wooden roof and the smaller had a kitchen with a smoke house on the eastern side.

A path led from there to an excavated Cooking Course ( Burnt Mound ) with fireplace, fountains and a trough, said to have been heated in the water.